Vol. 26, No. 30
Associated Artists’ 105th Annual is a strong sampling of work from the region
Motifs include an agreeably (pre)historic concern with animals and nature
By Bill O'Driscoll
Street Side Karoake brings the mics to the sidewalk
“There’s something about karaoke that makes people really vulnerable.”
By Tyler Dague
What’s in store for Pittsburgh’s new public park?
“Our current goal is to leave it as pristine and natural as possible.”
Democratic challenger John Craig Hammond has uphill battle to unseat Republican Mike Turzai in Pennsylvania House race
“Somebody had to run against him.”
By Rebecca Addison
Second-annual Picklesburgh returns to the Rachel Carson Bridge
Everything from regular dills to pickle IPAs were on display
By Stephen Caruso
The Shit List: Our guide to 10 state legislators from the Pittsburgh area who need to clean up their act
We considered the politicians’ support of homophobic, xenophobic, anti-labor and environmentally-unfriendly legislation
By Ryan Deto
This week in City Paper History
By CP Staff
Weird News
News of the weird from all over Western Pennsylvania
By Nick Keppler
Bees are just one of the new features of Arsenal Cider’s expansion in Penn Hills
Locally produced honey will be used to make mead
By Celine Roberts
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Industry Public House vs. Mixtape
Smokin’ Whiskey
Harpoon Brewery, Camp Wannamango
Beans aren’t just for hearty winter fare
The humble bean is perfect for fast and easy summer-time meal options
By Al Hoff
Stagioni offers well-prepared seasonal Italian cuisine
Relocating to the South Side from Bloomfield has served the restaurant well
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Chocolate fudgies, just like grandma used to make
“She looked at me, flashed a little smile, and nodded, as if to say, ‘They taste right, too.’”
By Caroline Sefcik
A Conversation with Mary-Louise Parker
“I wanted to put something out there that informed me or haunted me.”
By Danielle Levsky
England’s indie-rock Bloc Party still evolving after 17 years
“There isn’t a prescribed formula when it comes to making music.”
The four-track tape recorder gets its day in the sun with new Pittsburgh lo-fi compilation
A Chronology of Survival: The Lo-Fi of K.M. Gainfort celebrates the catalog of Mirkwood Recordings
By Alex Gordon
Boston-based band Quilt is informed by a wide-open musical approach
“There was no intention behind our music. We just wanted to be a band.”
By Bill Kopp
Critics' Picks: July 21-27
Performances by Daughter and Jeff Rosenstock, plus Jam on Walnut, Steel City Fest and a triple-threat of Heart, Joan Jett and Cheap Trick
By Meg Fair
New Releases
A review of Reggie Watkins’ The Jimmy Knepper Project: Avid Admirer
By Mike Shanley
Come Back, Little Sheba at The Summer Company
Director Justin Sines brilliantly evokes the intimate, crepuscular despair of William Inge’s 1950 work
By Stuart Sheppard
Shrek The Musical at Pittsburgh CLO
The CLO production features a cast of top-quality performers
By Ted Hoover
Texture’s season-opener features two collaborations with Cello Fury
Both groups start with classical foundations and build out
By Steve Sucato
Ghostbusters
This remake of the 1984 comedy is an amusing enough outing
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
An over-the-top farce that revisits the boozy ladies from the 1990s TV show
By Harry Kloman
The Fits
An evocative coming-of-age story about a tomboy becoming a teenage girl
The Infiltrator
Docudrama about a U.S. Customs agent who took on Pablo Escobar’s drug empire
Mike Wysocki’s Mount Rushmores of Pittsburgh sports
It’s pre-steroid-era Bonds, so the shape of his head would be normal-sized.
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
Tell him he can love you and love the other guy at the same time.
By Dan Savage
Stuff We Like
This Just In: A look at local news online and on the tube.
By Frances Sansig Rupp
Lynn Cullen Live 07/26/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 07/19/16
Lynn Cullen Live 07/20/16
City Paper Podcast - Episode 25
CP Reporters Lose Their RNC Virginities
Short List: July 20-26
“Farm Boy to Fabulous” Robert Hensley; a comic Hound of the Baskervilles; Steel City Kitty Burlesque at the Rex; Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series Grand Finale
By Mars Johnson
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: The g-word edition
By Michael Machosky
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
AG candidate Keir Bradford-Grey wants to be "the People's Lawyer"
By Maia Williams
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
